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MP Todd Doherty suffers life-threatening illness, urges everyone to stay healthy

Conservative MP Todd Doherty underwent a gallbladder-removal surgery, which led to doctors discovering he had a lung infection. Mr. Doherty urged other Parliamentarians to put their health first. Photograph courtesy of Todd Doherty's Facebook

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

January 31, 2018

An emergency gallbladder-removal surgery led doctors to discover that Conservative MP Todd Doherty was suffering a life-threatening illness. After an outing with friends and family on Jan. 20, Mr. Doherty was rushed to the emergency room, he wrote in a Facebook post on Jan. 29 from...

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